FRIDAY, MARCH 15,
2013
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 1402
ANSWERED ON 06.03.2013
GRAMEEN DAK SEVAKS
1402 . Shri DILIP SINGH JU DEV
Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:-
Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:-
(a) the number of Grameen Dak Sewaks working in post offices in various States
including Chhattisgarh tribal region, State-wise;
(b) the monthly stipend being paid to these Sewaks;
(c) whether the Government proposes to increase their stipend in
view of steep rise in inflation and also introduce welfare measures for them;
and
(d) if so, the details thereof
and if not, the reasons therefor?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (Dr. (Smt.) KILLI KRUPA RANI)
(a) As on 01.01.2013, the total working strength of various
categories of Grameen Dak Sewaks is 263326 including 2458 Grameen Dak Sewaks
working in Chhattisgarh Tribal Region. State-wise and UT wise details is at
Annexure I.
(b) Grameen Dak Sewaks are paid Time Related Continuity Allowance (TRCA) & other
admissible allowances as approved by Cabinet and not stipend, the details of which
are at Annexure II.
(c) Grameen Dak Sewaks are in receipt of Dearness Allowance which
is linked to price rise/ inflation on the admissible TRCA at the same rate as
allowed to regular Central Government employees and which is revised twice in a
year based on price index. The Government has also introduced various welfare
measures for these Grameen Dak Sewaks.
(d) The
details of
welfare measures introduced for the Grameen Dak Sewaks are at Annexure III.
LOK
SABHA ANNEXURE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1402 DATED 6.03.2013
ANNEXURE
I
|
S.
No.
|
Name of
Circle/State/UTs
|
Working
Strength of Gramin Dak Sevaks as on 01.01.2013
|
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|
GDS
SPM
|
GDS
BPM
|
GDS
MD
|
GDS
MC
|
GDS
MP
|
GDS
SV
|
Others
|
Total
|
||
|
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
0
|
13139
|
4694
|
4242
|
1941
|
175
|
2646
|
26837
|
|
2
|
Assam
|
0
|
3216
|
2906
|
1639
|
283
|
39
|
371
|
8454
|
|
3
|
Bihar
|
0
|
6307
|
5165
|
2598
|
360
|
86
|
553
|
15069
|
|
4
|
Chhattisgarh
|
0
|
2423
|
855
|
1545
|
147
|
13
|
26
|
5009
|
|
5
|
Delhi
|
0
|
77
|
26
|
14
|
24
|
30
|
6
|
177
|
|
6
|
Gujarat
|
0
|
6768
|
4619
|
1396
|
702
|
63
|
296
|
13844
|
|
6a
|
Dadar & Nagar
Haveli (UT)
|
0
|
5
|
45
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
50
|
|
6b
|
Daman & Diu (UT)
|
0
|
7
|
17
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
26
|
|
7
|
Haryana
|
0
|
1972
|
1050
|
708
|
233
|
18
|
4
|
3985
|
|
8
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
0
|
2247
|
2614
|
1068
|
312
|
13
|
61
|
6315
|
|
9
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
0
|
1368
|
506
|
754
|
95
|
8
|
0
|
2731
|
|
10
|
Jharkhand
|
0
|
2461
|
1539
|
1286
|
154
|
35
|
407
|
5882
|
|
11
|
Karnataka
|
0
|
7777
|
4681
|
1235
|
1789
|
66
|
249
|
15797
|
|
12
|
Kerala
|
0
|
3443
|
5765
|
852
|
1259
|
138
|
165
|
11622
|
|
12a
|
Lakshadweep (UT)
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
|
12b
|
Puducherry (UT)
|
0
|
3
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
10
|
|
13
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
0
|
5632
|
2498
|
4056
|
290
|
22
|
229
|
12727
|
|
14
|
Maharashtra
|
0
|
10122
|
6939
|
1644
|
1115
|
46
|
27
|
19893
|
|
14a
|
Goa (State)
|
0
|
147
|
128
|
21
|
54
|
1
|
2
|
353
|
|
North East
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
15
|
Arunachal Pradesh
(State)
|
0
|
198
|
166
|
27
|
30
|
2
|
11
|
434
|
|
16
|
Manipur (State)
|
0
|
591
|
495
|
627
|
40
|
1
|
1
|
1755
|
|
17
|
Meghalaya (State)
|
0
|
332
|
389
|
262
|
41
|
0
|
0
|
1024
|
|
18
|
Mizoram (State)
|
0
|
285
|
234
|
281
|
12
|
0
|
98
|
910
|
|
19
|
Nagaland (State)
|
0
|
279
|
254
|
237
|
35
|
3
|
0
|
808
|
|
20
|
Tripura (State)
|
0
|
514
|
416
|
290
|
53
|
1
|
65
|
1339
|
|
21
|
Orissa
|
1
|
5798
|
4863
|
3209
|
929
|
41
|
110
|
14951
|
|
22
|
Punjab
|
0
|
2831
|
1642
|
960
|
227
|
15
|
0
|
5675
|
|
22a
|
Chandigarh (UT)
|
0
|
8
|
13
|
0
|
16
|
2
|
0
|
39
|
|
23
|
Rajasthan
|
0
|
7460
|
2371
|
3014
|
439
|
37
|
49
|
13370
|
|
24
|
Tamil Nadu
|
0
|
8656
|
8475
|
1325
|
2168
|
269
|
682
|
21575
|
|
24a
|
Puducherry (UT)
|
0
|
41
|
49
|
0
|
15
|
4
|
0
|
109
|
|
25
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
0
|
12659
|
10991
|
4127
|
1311
|
315
|
1262
|
30665
|
|
26
|
Uttarakhand
|
0
|
2122
|
2218
|
1322
|
236
|
9
|
217
|
6124
|
|
27
|
West Bengal
|
0
|
5370
|
4985
|
3337
|
777
|
315
|
339
|
15123
|
|
28
|
Sikkim (State)
|
0
|
53
|
74
|
19
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
151
|
|
28a
|
Andaman & Nicobar
(UT)
|
0
|
171
|
203
|
102
|
0
|
8
|
0
|
484
|
|
Total
|
3
|
114483
|
81891
|
42198
|
15098
|
1775
|
7878
|
263326
|
|
|
Chhattisgarh Tribal
Region
|
0
|
1068
|
422
|
911
|
48
|
2
|
7
|
2458
|
|
Annexure
II
Time
Related Continuity Allowance (TRCA) of Gramin Dak
Sevaks
[Implemented
w.e.f. 01.01.2006]
|
S.
No.
|
Category
of Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS)
|
TRCA
effective from 01.01.2006
|
For
Work load ( in hours )
|
|
1
|
GDS
Branch Postmaster
|
Rs
2745-50-4245
|
Up to
3 hours
|
|
Rs
3200-60-5000
|
More
than 3 hours and up to 3 hours 30 min
|
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|
Rs
3660-70-5760
|
More
than 3 hours 30 min and up to 4 hours
|
||
|
Rs
4115-75-6365
|
More
than 4 hours and up to
4
hours 30 min
|
||
|
Rs.
4575-85-7125
|
More
than 4 hours 30 min and up to 5 hours
|
||
|
2
|
GDS
Mail deliverer/
Stamp
vendor
|
Rs
2665-50-4165
[for
new entrants]
|
Up to
3 hours
|
|
Rs
3330-60-5130
|
More
than 3 hours and up to 3 hours 45 min
|
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|
Rs
4220-75-6470
|
More
than 3 hours 45 min and up to 5 hours
|
||
|
3
|
GDS
Mail Carrier/
Packer/
Mailman
|
Rs
2295-45-3695
[for
new entrants]
|
Up to
3 hours
|
|
Rs2870-50-4370
|
More
than 3 hours and up to 3 hours 45 min
|
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|
Rs
3635-65-5585
|
More
than 3 hours 45 min and up to 5 hours
|
Note:
Besides
the TRCA, the GDSs also get Dearness Allowance at the same rate as admissible to Central Government employees.
Gramin Dak Sevak Branch Postmasters get Office Maintenance Allowance@Rs.100/- per month & Fixed Stationery Charges
@Rs.25/- per month. Other categories like Gramin Dak Sevak Mail
Deliverers and Mail Carriers get Cycle Maintenance Allowance @
Rs.60/- per month.
Annexure
III
EXISTING
WELFARE SCHEMES INTRODUCED
FOR GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS
|
1
|
Maternity
Grant
|
Women
GDS are provided Maternity Grant for each child up to the birth of maximum of
two children limited to maximum of two confinements resulting into birth of
first two children only during the entire engagement period of a Woman GDS
equivalent to three months TRCA with DA. Women GDS’s like Mail
Deliverer and Mail Carrier have also been prescribed to be considered for
lighter duties wherever possible during the pre and post confinement period.
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2
|
Maternity
Leave
|
Women
GDS have also been provided to be granted maternity leave not exceeding six
months covering the pre and post confinement period.
|
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|
3
|
Extra
Departmental Group InsuranceScheme
|
Gramin
Dak Sevaks are provided with insurance coverage of Rs. 50000/- under the
Group Insurance Scheme available to them on death.
|
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|
4
|
Service
Discharge Benefit Scheme
|
A
Service Discharge Benefit Scheme has been introduced by the Government for
the benefit of Gramin Dak Sevaks working in the Department of Posts on
monthly contribution basis (from Department’s side only @ Rs. 200/-pm)
devised on the basis of New Pension Scheme (NPS)-Lite scheme launched by the PensionFund Regulatory & Development Authority
(PFRDA). This Schemehas
been offered in lieu of the existing Severance Amount Schemeon an optional
basis for the existing Gramin Dak Sevaks while it is mandatory for the new
Gramin Dak Sevaks entering into service with effect from 01.01.2011. The Scheme provides
a certain percentage as lump sum at the time of discharge plus mandatory
investment of certain percentage in annuity that
would provide them monthly benefits in the shape of pension.
|
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|
5
|
Leave
|
Gramin
Dak Sevaks are allowed to be granted 20 days paid leave in a year without
accumulation.
|
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|
6
|
Limited
Transfer Facility
|
Gramin
Dak Sevaks are provided with the facility of limited transfer in cases of
posting at a distant place on redeployment in the event of abolition of the
post, on being appointed on compassionate grounds and posted at distant
place, on marriage/remarriage of woman GDS, on suffering extreme hardship due
to a disease and for medical attention/treatment of self on production of
valid medical certificate from the medical officer of a Government Hospital
and on requirement of looking after the welfare of a physically
handicapped/mentally handicapped person/dependant requiring to move to
different places to give support to such dependant. Such facility is provided
for only one transfer during the entire career and on rendering a minimum
service of 3 years subject to fulfillment of other conditions. Based on
recommendation made by one man Committee, an exception has been made for women
Gramin Dak Sevaks, who availed the transfer facility on the ground of extreme
hardship due to a disease and for medical attention/treatment before their
marriage and now they can avail the facility for a second time in the event
of their marriage/re-marriage.
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|
7
|
Assistance
from Welfare Fund
|
Following assistance
from welfare fund are allowed to the Gramin Dak Sevaks:-
*Payable
from the Circle Welfare Fund, only in cases in which last rites of deceased
Postal Employee are performed by brothers or sisters or near relatives in the
absence of any other next of kin.
|
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|
8
|
Compassionate
Engagement
|
A new transparent
Scheme for engagement of dependents GDS on compassionate grounds with merit
points and procedure for selection has been introduced allocating points for
each attribute of indigence on a 100 Point Scale. Spouse [widows] has been
allowed 15 grace points over and over. Hard and deserving cases have been
prescribed as cases over and above 50 Points.
|
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|
9
|
Medical
Facilities
|
GDS being a separate
and distinct category, they are not covered by CS (MA) Rules and they are
also not extended the CGHS facility. Under the existing provisions, they are
allowed financial assistance to the extent of Rs. 5000/-from Circle Welfare
Fund provided such GDS must have put in at least six years of service in the
Department, treatment should have been taken from Government hospital and
produced medical certificates and the illness is at least 2 months old.
Regional/Circle Heads have been conferred discretionary powers to sanction
financial assistance to the extent of Rs. 10000/- in each case. In rare and
exceptional circumstances, further financial assistance can also be
considered from Central Welfare Fund.
|
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|
10
|
Avenues for absorption
on regular departmental posts
|
GDS being Extra
Departmental, their absorption as departmental employee to the cadre of
MTS/Postman/PA is through direct recruitment under the statutory recruitment
rules. Under the statutory Recruitment Rules of the cadre of MTS, GDS are
considered for 25% vacancies against seniority quota and further 25%
vacancies through Limited Departmental Examination (LDE). As per Recruitment
Rules of Postman cadre, GDS are considered against 50% vacancies through LDE.
In addition, GDS can also be considered for direct recruitment to the post of
Postal Assistant (PA) / Sorting Assistant (SA) against unfilled promotion
quota vacancies of PA/SA on the basis of examination subject to fulfillment
of the following conditions as on 01st January of the vacancy
year:-
(i) GDS
should have obtained at least 50% marks in 10+2 standard or 12th class
with English as a compulsory subject (excluding vocational streams) and have
put in a minimum service of 5 years
(ii) They
should be within 30 years of age (35 years for SC/ST & 33 years for OBC)
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